8 social factors that acts on acquisition:
Social dominance: Gina receives more influence from American culture than Chilean culture because the first one is the dominant culture; so it will be complicated for Gina to learn Spanish.
Integration pattern: There is no integration due to the fact Gina does not do things apart from the mainstream.
Enclosure: Gina needs to interact with us in order to learn Spanish because she knows almost nothing about about this language .But she has more resources to have access to Spanish such as television, radio, magazines,Internet and other Spanish speakers that we can find in the campus.
Cohesiveness: the learner group is very tight nit cause they share the same culture, But in the case of Gina is different because she is really willing to learn Spanish , so if she thinks that she can do it , she will be successful.
Size: The learner group is very large that is why is difficult for them to learn Spanish.
Cultural congruence: Chile and USA are very different in terms of life style, education , food, jobs,etc.
Attitude: Gina has a good attitude toward our culture, so it will help her to learn Spanish.
Intended length of residence: I do not if Gina wants to travel to a Spanish speaking country.
Psychological Distance:
Motivation: As I said before , Gina is really motivated for learning Spanish.
Attitude: Gina is very interested in our culture due to the fact that she feels very comfortable with us.
Cultural shock: Gina is not suffering cultural shock owing to she only spends one hour per day with us, and she just wants to learn spanish but not thus living in chile !
Social dominance: Gina receives more influence from American culture than Chilean culture because the first one is the dominant culture; so it will be complicated for Gina to learn Spanish.
Integration pattern: There is no integration due to the fact Gina does not do things apart from the mainstream.
Enclosure: Gina needs to interact with us in order to learn Spanish because she knows almost nothing about about this language .But she has more resources to have access to Spanish such as television, radio, magazines,Internet and other Spanish speakers that we can find in the campus.
Cohesiveness: the learner group is very tight nit cause they share the same culture, But in the case of Gina is different because she is really willing to learn Spanish , so if she thinks that she can do it , she will be successful.
Size: The learner group is very large that is why is difficult for them to learn Spanish.
Cultural congruence: Chile and USA are very different in terms of life style, education , food, jobs,etc.
Attitude: Gina has a good attitude toward our culture, so it will help her to learn Spanish.
Intended length of residence: I do not if Gina wants to travel to a Spanish speaking country.
Psychological Distance:
Motivation: As I said before , Gina is really motivated for learning Spanish.
Attitude: Gina is very interested in our culture due to the fact that she feels very comfortable with us.
Cultural shock: Gina is not suffering cultural shock owing to she only spends one hour per day with us, and she just wants to learn spanish but not thus living in chile !
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